Question

Lewis and Clark met a French fur-trapper who had a young shoshone wife. She was to become indispensable interpreter to Lewis and Clark when dealing with the Native Americans. What was her name?

Answer 1

The indispensable interpreter and wife of French fur-trapper Toussaint Charbonneau who assisted Lewis and Clark was named Sacagawea.

Step-by-step explanation:

The French fur-trapper who had a young Shoshone wife and became an indispensable interpreter to Lewis and Clark was named Sacagawea. She and her husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, joined the Lewis and Clark expedition after the corps spent the winter of 1804-1805 in a Mandan village in present-day North Dakota. Sacagawea was essential not only as an interpreter but also as a diplomat, helping to ease tensions with Native American tribes, since her presence with her infant son suggested that their party was not a war party but one of exploration and diplomacy.